§ 85-537. Special requirements for pet cemeteries.

A. 

All pet cemeteries shall be operated in conformance with the licensing requirements of the County of Suffolk concerning the licensing of pet cemeteries and pet crematoriums.

B. 

In addition to any other requirements contained in this Chapter 85 governing a change of zone, any premises zoned as a pet cemetery may not be changed to another land use category on petition of the property owner unless written notice has been sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to each and every owner of a pet that has been buried or interred on the premises. Should a petition in opposition to said change in land use classification be submitted by 25% or more of the owners of pets buried or interred on said premises, the Town Board may not change the land use classification except by a three-quarters vote of the entire membership of said Board.

C. 

No site plan or certificate of occupancy shall be issued for a use other than a pet cemetery or its accessory uses until a period of not less than 50 years from the date of the last burial or interment of a pet on the site has elapsed unless said new use is designed, constructed and maintained in such a manner as not to disturb any existing graves, mausoleums, vaults or other receptacles in which pet remains have been stored.

D. 

Pet cemeteries shall only be permitted within the PC Business District.